Example sentences of "may have been [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It may have been no coincidence that the Government announced in March 1990 that industrial tribunals were to be given the power to hear claims for damages in respect of breaches of employment contract . |
| 2 | They reserve one day for women , and in 1886 there may have been no day reserved for women at all . |
| 3 | ‘ There may have been no danger to you . |
| 4 | There may have been no understanding whatever of the concept of not being able to see as well as other people . |
| 5 | He may have been a character in Kilburn 's past , but a folklorist , N A Hudleston , suggested he was Grim , otherwise the Norse god Odin . |
| 6 | ‘ This may have been a mixture of excitement , curiosity and immaturity — and the payment of money by the accused may have had an influence , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Of the extant copies , there is one complete set in a contemporary hand , British Library MS Royal 7 E VIII , 7 C XIII , 7 C XIV ; this belonged to the library of Rochester Cathedral priory and may have been a presentation copy from Peter to his friend Gilbert Glanville [ q.v. ] , bishop of Rochester . |
| 8 | First , there may have been a continuation of the thick-enamelled trend independently of the pongine radiation , such as is seen in Graecopithecus for instance . |
| 9 | The second alternative is that there may have been a continuation of the dryopithecin radiation . |
| 10 | At one time , this may have been a mill chase with a waterwheel turning . |
| 11 | He may have been a time-server as his attitude about the Pole Nicolaus Copernicus suggests . |
| 12 | That person may have been a university lecturer , a teacher , a receptionist , a cleaner , a waitress or anything . |
| 13 | Lastly I fear that because the Mathematics programmes came first and were so well organised and established , with the neat sequential task of curriculum development so easy to define ( despite its obvious size ) , there may have been a tendency to concentrate scarce resources upon an item which , on sober reflection , I believe now to be a lowish priority in the primary curriculum . |
| 14 | When these cyclosporin specific side effects occurred , there may have been a tendency for the study drug to be disclosed . |
| 15 | Malcolm Searle , of Lower Soldridge Farm , uncovered what he believed may have been a mortar shell in one of his field . |
| 16 | So Bartle may have been a corn spirit , christianised to become St Bartholomew whose day falls at the right time of year , or even a former village priest as has been suggested . |
| 17 | It may have been a twig snapping , except that the sound appeared to be inside Rincewind 's head . |
| 18 | There may have been a backlight problem ( see page 25 ) . |
| 19 | Migration may have been a factor in the 1920s , though the level of net migration from Britain was somewhat less than it had been in the previous two decades . |
| 20 | Both he and Minton had a fascination with Nelson and his association with the island may have been a factor . |
| 21 | The immigration of African slaves may have been a factor , as might also a degree of interaction with the aborigines that was missing further north . |
| 22 | The military involvement of the northern Angles against the Picts may have been a factor in the success of Wulfhere 's coup in Mercia in 658 or 659 and in the disintegration thereafter of Oswiu 's southern imperium . |
| 23 | This may have been a factor , but the authorities dealing with licensing , aliens and discipline reflect much more a judicial conclusion that the substantive interests at stake were not worthy of procedural protection . |
| 24 | It may have been a factor in leading a plaintiff to sue in the county court rather than the High Court when his or her claim lay within its jurisdiction . |
| 25 | A perceived lack of response may have been a factor in the withdrawal of these patients , but deterioration of eczema was the principal reason for withdrawal in only 8 patients , 7 of whom were assessed at least once on treatment . |
| 26 | They also believe that their poor accomodation may have been a factor in loosing the baby . |
| 27 | Yes , Theo may have been a fraction unlucky about that accident . |
| 28 | That 's what makes me think that the man may have been a foreigner perhaps even killed on the other side of the channel . " |
| 29 | The killing of Earnwine , son of Eadwulf , in 740 may have been a prolongation of older rivalries which sparked off a new cycle of vendetta . |
| 30 | Further to the east , there was a Minoan settlement at Rethymnon which may have been a port . |